Semiconductors

Chinese semiconductor manufacturer YST Semiconductor Technology Corporation (YST) is set to invest $100m in a new facility at the Vancouver Innovation Centre in east Vancouver in Clark County, Washington.

The University of Arkansas will expand its electronics education programmes with a $1m grant from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education that’s aimed at supporting the semiconductor industry.

The incoming administration’s tariffs and CHIPS Act pushback has created uncertainty for semiconductor manufacturers. Molly Burgess looks at the latest developments

The EU has announced €26bn of countermeasures to US tariffs, raising the stakes in an escalating global trade war that was instigated by the US.

Washington-based Atlas Technologies (Atlas) supports customers globally working in research, energy, semiconductor fabrication, cryogenics, quantum technologies, medicine and aerospace.

Despite generous subsidies and soaring tech demand, the outlook for the specialty gas semiconductor sector is one of uncertainty. Dominic Ellis tells the story

Semiconductor manufacturing business ams Osram has secured €227m ($237.4m) from the European Commission to develop a new wafer manufacturing facility in Premstätten, Austria.

Air Liquide reported €500m in business efficiencies last year as it strived to be a more streamlined business focusing on IT and portfolio management, according to CEO Francois Jackow.

With President Donald Trump suggesting a 100% tariff on Taiwan-made semiconductors, a former executive of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has said that Taiwan should be actively working with the US to enhance industrial cooperation.

Japan’s semiconductor manufacturing sector is set to benefit from a new large-scale air separation unit (ASU) to be built by Air Liquide on Naoshima Island, Japan.